Look Ahead to the UEFA Women's EURO 2013

(Source: UEFA)

The draw for the UEFA Women's EURO 2013 Sweden was announced on November 9th at the Svenska Massan Exhibition and Congress Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden and broadcast across the continent on Eurosport and live streamed on the internet.

Host Sweden joins the 11 qualifying nations who are broken into three groups of four teams: 

 

Group A: Sweden, Italy, Finland, Denmark (venues: Gothenburg/Halmstad)
Group B: Germany, Norway, Netherlands, Iceland (venues: Vaxjo/Kalmar)
Group C: France, England, Spain, Russia (venues: Norkopping/Linkoping)

The top two from each section and the two best runners-up move into the quarterfinals, from when the competition is a straight knockout.

 

Karen Espelund, UEFA Executive Committee member and UEFA Women's Football Committee chairwoman, said:  

"Women's football is winning ground at a resounding pace. Around 70,000 people watched the Great Britain women play Brazil this summer at the Olympics. The UEFA Women's Champions League final in Munich was played in front of 50,000 and the FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany attracted record TV audiences.

"There is great momentum for women's football in Europe and the next great event in Europe is UEFA Women's EURO 2013 and it could not come at a more exciting time for the game." 

Germany has dominated, winning the last five tournaments. Will the 2013 edition reflect the growing levels of parity evident during the 2011 WWC and 2012 London Olympics?

More event details: 

Host

Sweden hosts the tournament from July 10-28, 2013. Sweden won the first European women's tournament in 1984. They have not won since. The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has wide experience hosting major events including the 1958 FIFA World Cup, EURO '92, 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, 1997 European Women's Championships (jointly with Norway), and most recently the 2009 UEFA European U-21 Championship.

 

Schedule 

The tournament opens with a Group A match on July 10, 2013. The final match is on July 28, 2013 at the new 50,000 seat national Solna Arena (completed in 2012). Click here for UEFA's schedule and here for the official event website via SvFF.

Tickets
Tickets go on sale February 14, 2013.

Trophy

The winning nation receives a replica of the official trophy - the UEFA Women's EURO winners trophy. The original remains in UEFA's ownership and keeping at all times. 35 medals are presented to each team placing first, second and third (23 players, 12 officials). Associations participating receive a commemorative plaque.

Ball

The official adidas ball was specially designed with yellow and blue branding to celebrate the host nation.

History

UEFA Women's EURO 2013 is the eighth final tournament of the European Women's Championship. Past winners are:

2009: Germany 6-2 England in Helsinki, Finland
2005: Germany 3-1 Norway in Blackburn, England
2001: Germany 1-0 Sweden in Ulm, Germany
1997: Germany 2-0 Italy in Oslo, Norway
1995: Germany 3-2 Sweden in Kaiserslautern, Germany
1993: Norway 1-0 Italy in Cesena, Italy
1991: Germany 3-1 Norway in Aalborg, Denmark

Click here for more facts and figures from UEFA.

Click here for a look at UEFA 2009 Finland - by the numbers.

Source: UEFA.